Safety holder



J. ADAMICH Nov. 18, 1924.

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Patented Nov. 18, 1924.

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Application filed March 1, 41923. Serial No. 622,228.

To u!! 'ur/10m. il lacy concern:

Be it known that l, Josnrrr AnAMrci-I, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of San Francisco, county of San Francisco, State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Safe-ty Holder, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in safety holders orclasps and its particular object is to provide means for securingvarious articles to the pocket of a garment. If a person carries aplurality oi miscellaneous papers and letters in his pocket it oftenhappens. that some of them drop out of the pocket accidently whiledressing or undressing or ony other occa sions. My device isparticularly designed to secure such articles, letters or miscel laneouspapers to the material forming the pocket so that they can be releasedonly by positive action on the part of the person carrying the articles.My device is particularly adapted for securing a pocket book or cardcase or similar device to the Inaterial of the pocket, and may also beused for securing the flap of a. pocket to the same and for securing thefront portion of a pocket to the main material.

rllhe preferred form of my invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing in which Figure 1 shows a plan view of my safety holder, Figure2 asectio-n through the same taken along line Ill- II of Figure l,Figure 3 a perspective view illustrating the use of my device, Figure 4a perspective view illustrating the use of my device in a differentconnection, and Figure 5 a sectional view showing a holder of a slightlydifferent construction in a different connection. )Vhile I have shownonly the preferred formi of the invention it should be understood thatvarious changes or modifications may bc made within. the scope of theclaims hereto attached without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

turned on the material shown at to present al smooth surface.

The flanges of the shorter legl terminate in parallel lips (6) adaptedto `have pivotally supported therein the handle (T), one end (8) ofwhich extends' into the space controlled by the two legs of the U shapedstrip while the other end (9) extends beyond the length of the short legand is provided with a suitable butto-n (11) preferably'made of motherof pearl. rl`he eXtreme end of this handle is slightly curved as shownat (12) and the width of the handle is such that the extreme end may liein the channel formed by the flanges of the strip (1).

Between the handle and the short leg and resting in the channel formedby the flanges of the same is provided a spring (13) curved to lit intothe bend of the U shaped member as shown at (14) and tending to forcethe inner end of the handle into engagement with the long leg of the Ushaped member or with any material or object disposed between the twolegs. The free end (16) of the spring is adapted to slide in the channelof the short leg between the sameand the pivot of the handle.

The manner of using my holder is illustrated in Figure 3 in which apocket bool: (17) is shown as being inserted in the pocket 18) with myholder embracing both pocket book and the material forming the pocket.My holder is shown in this illustration in an intermediate position andit will be readily seen that if pressure is brought to bear on the topof my device while the pocket book is held in position my holder willslide downwardly on the pocket book as well as on the material formingthe pocket and will firmly secure the pocket book to the material of thepocket so that it can be removed only by depressing the eXtreme end (9)of the handle.

In Figure l are shown two different uses for my device. The trousers(19) are provided with poclrets (21), one of which has a flap (22)adapted to overlie the material forming the pocket. As used at thepresent time this flap is often secured by means of a button. My devicefurnishes an excellent means for securing the flap to the materialforming the pocket. To use it a hole (23) is seamed into the upperportion of the ap and the long leg of my holder is inserted through thehole into the pocket so as to lll) engage the inside of the same. Theshort leg engaging the outside of the flap together with the springbearing on the handle will irmly hold the flap to the pocket.

The other pocket shown in Figure 4: has no flapl and my device is usedfor securing the front section of the pocket to the rear section, as isillustrated With more detail in Figure A hole (26) is provided in therear section, preferably slightly above the front section, andcommunicates With a long narrow pocket (27) adapted to receive the longleg of my holder. It Will be readily seen that if the long leg of myholder is passed through the hole (26) into this narrow pocket the shortleg will pass over the front section of the pocket and the springarrangement will serve to force the front section against the rearsection, thereby locking the pocket. The advantage of this combinationis that if it is desired to get to the contents of the pockets, it isonly necessary to raise the holder suliciently far so that its short legclears the front section of the pocket, While the long leg is stillengaged with the narrow pocket disposed behind the rear section.

Attention is called to the fact that the holder shown in Figure 5 Variesslightly from that shown in Figure 2 in so far as a coiled Wire spring(28) is substituted for the leaf spring shown in Figure 2.

I claim:

1. In combination with a piece of fabric having a pocket formed therein,means for closing opposing Walls of the pocket upon objects contained inthe pocket comprising a strip of material bent into U shape andypresenting a long leg and a short leg adapted to straddle the Walls ofthe pocket, a handle pivoted in the short leg and yielding means forforcing the handle upon the adjacent Wall of the pocket.

2. In combination with a piece of fabric having a pocket formed therein,means for closing opposing Walls of the pocket upon objects contained inthe pocket comprising a strip of material bent into U shape andpresenting a long leg and a short leg adapt ed to straddle the Walls ofthe pocket, a handle pivoted in the short leg and yielding means forforcing the handle upon the adjacent Wall of the pocket, the fabrichaving a second pocket formed therein adja- JOSEPH ADAMICH.

